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I saw a couple very tall steamnadoes(steamdevils...) well down stream before this happens. When this happened the sundog and halo were half there and you could hear the eagles doing their call in the trees. I couldn't help but laugh as this here unfolded right in front of me.
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I was like, look at that thing! Looked just like one of those you can make with a fan and a box....and some dry ice. It was very tall too, and getting taller.
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Then I noticed there was another forming right next to it and they were going around each other.
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I so would have ran into them if I could have. I thought about sticking around and filming more of them, but was like, yeah like I'll top that anyway.
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It really seemed like one treat after another during the couple 2-3 hours I was there. You begin to forget just how cold it is...well almost.
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I'm pretty sure there's a steamnado right above the sun, slanted over a bit. They were getting that high.
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Getting hungry I drive back to town to get some donuts, and to check on the cloud production. Only the third time I've seen it do that.
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It's interesting it was not doing this at 6 a.m. when I drove over there. It was billowing up like normal and evaporating.
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Tired from only 3 hours of sleep and screwing around in -20F air the last 3+ hours, I didn't really want to go back over, but I did anyway. I just about drove by this guy. I stopped, backed up and hoped he'd wait till I could take his picture. I look over to the seat and doh, the wide angle lens is on. I almost didn't bother trying to change lenses, but did...and he was still there. It was funny when I'd make clicking noises to get him to look at me. He just had a funny face I guess. Most of the time he didn't care enough to bother looking down at me.
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100% crop. Looks like a bit of frost on his feathers. Ok, I'm officially ready for the warm up now. |
